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Hidden Hills Helps Homes (Real Deals)

Construction has begun in the Hidden Hills duplex subdivision off Moody Lane in Springdale.

Delta Queen Steams Back to Fort Smith

Ten years after its first stop in Fort Smith, the legendary Delta Queen steamboat docked at the city?s Harry E. Kelley Park on Nov. 17.

River Valley Enjoys Cheap Cost of Living

Fort Smith?s metropolitan statistical area rated No. 12 out of the 324 urban areas that participated in the ACCRA Cost of Living Index, indicating it?s one of the least expensive places to do business in America.

Study to Look at Northwest Railroad

Matthew Griffith, a designer at the University of Arkansas? School of Architecture, said he plans to study the feasibility of a light-rail system that would connect Fayetteville to the headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Lindsey Buys Hunting Land

Duck hunter extraordinaire John David Lindsey has apparently spent about $2.2 million to acquire 700 acres of duck and deer hunting land in the Black Swamp near Augusta.

Title Co. Sees Clearly

Clear Title LLC has been shacking up in the Mill District building off South School Avenue in Fayetteville.

Power in Numbers

A series of talks between Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas economic leaders has apparently spawned a ?new spirit of cooperation? between the camps.

VeriSource Nets Design in Merger

Springdale real estate tech firm Net Design Inc. has merged with the 40-plus staff at VeriSource Inc. in Rogers.

Exit Realty Enters Market

A new real estate franchise may be flying south this winter.

Combs Comes Back to Fayetteville

Gary Combs looks at building apartments in Fayetteville.

United Bank Gets New CFO

Greg Allen is the new executive vice president and chief financial officer of Springdale?s United Bank.

Vendors Enjoy Ice at Jones Center

About 10,000 skaters are scratching up the ice at the Jones Center for Families each month. And half or more of ice lovers are from Benton County.

Guard Changes At A.G. Edwards

In February, Jim ?Doc? Holladay will retire from A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in Fayetteville. He has been a broker there since 1964, the year he graduated from Arkansas Polytechnic College and the year A.G. Edwards opened the Fayetteville office.

Beall Barclay Provides Patience, ?Wealth Care?

Since July 2002, Beall Barclay Wealth Management LLC has grown a base of more than 750 clients split between about 400 at its Fort Smith office and the remainder in Rogers.

NW Exec Salaries Top State

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. accounts for one-third of Arkansas? Top 10 highest-paid executives.

Act Now on Deductions (James P. Weller Commentary)

James P. Weller, the manager of Wealth Transfer Planning at Bank of Arkansas in Tulsa, offers timely tax tips for business owners.

From Bibles to Boop, Sam?s Thinks Small

Sam?s Club sees sales increases as it attempts to retake the No. 1 warehouse chain title from Costco.

Smith Barney Planning Rogers Digs, More Pros

Smith Barney, a financial services firm owned by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., plans to open a 5,500-SF office in Rogers? Pinnacle Hills area in the first quarter of 2005 and move most of its Fayetteville staff to that location.

Stephens Inc. Runs with Bulls

The Fayetteville office of Stephens Inc. handles about 7.5 percent of the Little Rock firm?s $10 billion in assets under management.

Argue Says Rogers TIF Probably Won?t Fly

State Sen. Jim Argue, D-Little Rock, said a proposed tax increment financing district to develop the Interstate 540 corridor in Rogers will likely be canned, or at least curtailed, when the state Legislature meets this coming spring.

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic